The Luxembourg Boxing Federation has issued legal proceedings against the British Boxing Board of Control as the row over the
David Haye v Dereck Chisorahi fight continues.

Preparing for action: David Haye (left) and Dereck Chisora (right) are due to fight on July 14 (Picture: AFP/Getty)

The fight, due to take place at Upton Park in east London on July 14, has been endorsed by the Luxembourg federation, with neither Haye nor Chisora licensed by the BBBofC.

The pair traded blows in Munich in February when they clashed at a press conference following Chisora’s loss to Vitali Klitschko.

The fall-out saw Chisora’s licence rescinded by the BBBofC while Haye, who is retired, was largely unrepentant about his actions.

And the British board has said it would rescind the existing licences of anybody involved in the promotion of the fight.

But its Luxembourg counterparts, together with ‘a number of licence holders’, today responded to that threat.

‘The Luxembourg Boxing Federation and a number of licence holders have today issued legal proceedings against the British Boxing Board of Control in relation to its behaviour over the Haye v Chisora fight on 14 July 2012,’ read a statement from the Luxembourg board.

‘This is not something anyone wanted to do and neither is it a step we took lightly, but we felt we were left with no option.

‘We have issued proceedings to prevent the board from intimidating its own members into not participating in the fight.

‘The board has admitted that it can do nothing legally to stop the fight but it is still threatening to call its licence-holders to account for their involvement.’